North Dakota · Census place 3867820

Rolla, North Dakota

Rolla is a city in Rolette County, North Dakota with an estimated 1,157 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 42nd largest of 51 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,157
#42 of 51 in North Dakota
Change since 2020
-4.9%
-59 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
792 / sq mi
State median 1,621
Orange pin: Rolla. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Bismarck.

Rolla population, 2020 to 2024

Rolla lost 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.9%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

1,21620201,19920211,18020221,16420231,1572024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,215. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rolla covers 1.46 square miles of land, for 792 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Rolla is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rolla is in

All of Rolla's residents live in Rolette County, which had 11,692 residents in 2024. Rolla holds 9.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rolla

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rolla by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58367. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Rolla is

The Census internal point of Rolla is at 48.843600, -99.609400. Bismarck, the capital, is 150.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rugby, ND (2,422 people), 37.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 187.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
48.843600, -99.609400
DMS
48°50'36.96"N 99°36'33.84"W
UTM
14N 455287.7E 5410248.8N
Geohash
cb9jv7dws
Plus code
86W2R9VR+C6

Daylight in Rolla

At 48.84° N, Rolla gets about 16 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rolla

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Cando, 30.8 miles away, with 1,061 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rolla, ND?

1,157 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 59 (4.9%) from 1,216 in July 2020.

What county is Rolla in?

Rolette County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Rolla?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 58367.

How far is Rolla from Bismarck?

150.0 miles (241.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Rolla.

What is the nearest larger city to Rolla?

Rugby, ND, with 2,422 residents, 37.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.